In the United States, and ahead of the holy month, mosques are trying to strengthen their security presence. According to the Washington Post, which visited several prayer rooms in the US, the Muslim community in the country is conducting «preparedness drills» for the month of Ramadan. Mosques in the US are looking into ways of «hiring armed or undercover security officers, training volunteers, installing cameras and adding locks», the same source said. In
Unemployment rate in Morocco has dropped to 10 percent in the end of March, after it was at 10.5 percent last year, Reuters reported, quoting the Kingdom’s planning agency (HCP). Heavy job losses in the farming sector were replaced by «gains» in other fields, the same source said. The agriculture and fisheries sector lost 152,000 jobs during the same period, due to law rainfall. According to HCP, Morocco expects a 23 percent drop in rainfall in 2019, which will affect
Police at the Marrakech-Menara International Airport arrested, Saturday, a 58-year-old French national, facing an international arrest warrant issued by the Swiss authorities. The suspect is sentenced to imprisonment in Switzerland in fraud case, police said Sunday in a statement relayed by MAP press agency. According to the same source, the suspect, who was preparing to fly for Bordeaux in France, is accused of fraud in business in Switzerland. The arrestee was placed in custody and is
Tuesday, May the 7th, is the 1st of Ramadan in Morocco, the Ministry of Religious Endowments and Islamic Affairs announced on Sunday in a communiqué. This announcement was made after moonsighting, performed Sunday in the Kingdom, proved that today is the last day of Sha’ban, the same source said. Several countries around the world will be celebrating the 1st day of the holy month on Monday, including France, Belgium, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar.
«The Spanish authorities expelled on Saturday a Sahrawi couple born in Morocco, who sought political asylum in Barcelona», a well-informed source, who requested anonymity, told Yabiladi. The husband, S. A. submitted on, April 22nd, an asylum application that was refused by the Spanish Interior Ministry. On April 29th, he submitted again a request, claiming, this time, that he had been «abused» and jailed «eight times» by the Moroccan
Born and raised in Casablanca, Saad El Guerrab has made his way to the world of music in both Paris and Brussels, where he conducted several musical projects.
Several countries, around the world, will be celebrating the first day of Ramadan on Monday, including Australia, Belgium and France. Moonsighting will be conducted Sunday in Egypt, Sudan, Palestine, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria and Mauritania.
After a trip to Madrid, the Secretary-General of Morocco’s Socialist Union of Popular Forces announced that his party filed a complaint against Spain’s far-right movement Vox. The information was later debunked by a Moroccan lawyer, who lodged the complaint in question as head of an association based in Spain.
The official listing of lobbying expenses in the United States reveals that Morocco spent $1.7 million in 2018 on the practice. Algeria, however, has mysteriously disappeared from the list.
The Cuban ambassador to Morocco, based in Paris, visited Rabat on Friday, a Spanish-language news outlet reported. In Morocco, he met with Education Minister Said Amzazi. This meeting was an opportunity to let the Minister know about «Universidad 2020», an event that will be hosted by La Havana. Elio Rodríguez then visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, where he held talks with Minister Rachid Talbi Alami, focusing on strengthening cooperation between
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